Oil burner



33cc.- 10; 1929. H. L..JESSEN I 1,738,655

01L BUR'NER Filed April 15, 1927 ATTORNEY Patented Dec. 10, 1929 v i umrso era HENRY 1...:rnssnn, or ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA mates OIL BURNER Application filed April 13,

My invention is an improved oil burner, particularly applicable to cook stoves.

The object of my invention is to provide a burner which is simple in construction, and inexpensive to manufacture. My invention comprises an open faced oil gasifying plate mounted at an inclination and down which oil may trickle, the upper face of the plate being closed in by a conduit through which air passes to the furnace. In starting the burner the oil is allowed to drip down the gasifying plate into a starting pan below the plate. The oil in this pan is ignited and in burning heats the gasifying plate to such a temperature that the oil becomes gasified and is carried with the air passing downward in the conduit and burns beyond the mouth of the conduit. After this the heat of the furnace maintains the gasifying plate at suflicient temperature to gasify the oil. Another object is to have a passage open at both ends over the gasifying plate so that the soot or any carbon which forms on the plate will be readily cleaned off by inserting a suitable implement through the outer open end of the conduit.

Other novel features and advantages will be more specifically described in the following detailed description.

In the annexed drawing in which my invention is illustrated:

Figure 1 is a side view of my burner attached to a stove.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of. the burner.

. Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a plan view of the burner plate.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5 5 of Figure 4:.

Referring more particularly to the draw ing, a burner mounting plate 1 is suitably secured to the front of the stove 2. A conduit 3 is secured within the opening 4 in the plate 1, the top and bottom walls of which convergetowards the rear to form a mouth 5. The

: jects beyond the rear edge of the conduit, the is 1927. Serial no. 183,604.

purpose of whichwill be further described. This plate slants downward and rearwardly to apoint adjacent its inner end where it is carried rearwardly in substantial parallelism with the bottom of the stove for the purpose of checking and bringing to rest the downward moving sheet of oil flowing over'the plate so that the oillflows to therear of the plate by gravity. The pipe'9 conducts oil to the forward end of the plate 7, and a distribe utor plate 10 spreads the oil over the entire surface of the plate. A plurality of grooves 11 in the bottom of the plate 10 permit the passage of oil therethroughl Rifiie bars 1.2 are formed on the surface of theplate7 which retard the direct flow of the oil, and prevent it from flowing over the end of the said plate.

A drip plate or ignition pan 13 which slopes forwardly and downwardly, to a point adjacent its forward end where it is carried forward in substantial parallelism with the bottom of the stove for the purpose of arresting the flow of oil which will begasified and ignited thereon and further heat plate 7 y for thegasificationof oil flowing thereover from I pipe 9 is positioned under the plate? and is secured to the. bracket 6. The operation of the plate will be further described.

The operationofmy burner is as follows: Oil is fed through the pipe 9 by gravity and drops upon theplate 7 in front of the distributor plate 10, which spreads the oil over the entire surface of the plate. The oil flows into the ignition pan 13 over the end of the plate 7 and is ignited on the said pan, which heats the plate to the temperature at which the oil vaporizes. When the plate is heated to the vaporization temperature the oil vaporizes before it reaches the lip 8,.and burns at the mouth 5. The velocity of the air over the. plate 7 is determined by the size of the mouth I 5. The sizeof the mouth 5 is determinedgby experiment, so that all of the oil vapor 18 carried through the mouth and burns above the lip 8. z

' It will be noted that the conduit 3 is made of-thin metal and the plate 7, which may be designated as agasifying plate, is'com paratively thick, being preferably made of cast i i v whe theo'ilain the pan 1311s-ignited the heat is readily conducted through the gasify the oil. l5

' lower Wall of the conduit 3, to the plate 7,

clear of the lip 8, so that yery little soot or carbon is deposited on theplate' 'orfthe'lip.

The heat of the furnace maintains vthe temperature of the plate 7 which continues' 'to I claim: 1. The'oombination' with azstove haying an opening in the-wall thereof,v bf-an apertured supporting plate spanning the?" opening, an

- inwardlyextending-conduit supported'at one ofiitsgends by the plate, a bracket'awithin 'the Y stove for supporting'the otherofthe ends of the conduit, a gasifyingplateresting on the =bottom"of' thez conduit and bent: at: an angle adj acent its' inner mend, the: portion ofthe plateintermediate the inner 'end andithe bend T lying in parallelismwith :the bottom" of the 7 stove, an'signit ion opannsuppo'rted by 'the 1 bracket with itsiinner end extending vbeyond the'inner end'iof the gasiafying plate'and exnamed gasifying plate and extending forwardly and downwardly with the forward portion thereof lying in substantial parallelism with the bottom of the stove, a bracket for supporting the gasifying plates in spaced relation, an oil feed pipe extending through the first mentionedgasi-f-ying plate for delivering flielfloil thereto, the first mentioned gasifying plate being provided with riflle bars, and an apertured distributor plate intermeiiiatdthefdel pipe and the rifile bars.

in testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

HENRY L. JESSEN.

tending vforwardly and downwardly and bent 2-; ataa point. adjacent itsaouterlend, the 7 portion between-the bend and'ithe outer end lying in substantial parallelism with theabottom vof I the stovewandvmeans :for conveying fuel oil to the conduit. v V :2. The combination with a stove having an opening through one of its walls, asupportlng' plate having axportion" offset from {the wall of the'stove, an inwardly and downward- "l'y taperingconduit supported at its outer end by the supporting: plate, a gasi-fying plate l supportedby'the bottom wall of the conduit, 7

said plate having it's'inner portion lying in parallelism with' the'bottom of theistove, a

combined drip and gasidfyin'gpl ate extending :beyondthe inner end of'the first named gasifyingplate and extending forwardly and downwardly with the forward portion there- 10f lying in substantial parallelism with the .7 a r mg the J gasifying; platesin spaced relation,

yand an Oll' feed pipe' extending through the bottom of the stove a' bracket for-support- I first mentionedgasifying plate'yfor deliverng fuel oil thereto. a

3. The combination with a: stove having an 'opening -th1'oiigh= one of its walls, aisup p'0rt1-ng plate-hamngaai portion offset from -pl'ate supported the wall of the: stove, an inwardlyand clownuwardly tapering'conduit supported at its outerfend by the supporting plate, a gas ify-ing y {the bottom wall ;-of the conduitfsaid'; plate. having itsl inner portion lying in parallel-isrn wi'tl1 the botto'nrv of the stoye,za combined drip: and gasigtying plate p i kext'cndlng beyOndthe P-inner endof the" first 

